Chapter 471

When Huan Wen arrived at the first pass city, Liu Rui's forward force had captured four pass cities in a row. Liu Rui's Department, which captured the fourth pass city, was forced to take a rest because of loss and fatigue. It was transformed from the Yellow brigade into a forward and continued to open up the road.

When Li Chenghan learned that the Han Army had an intention to invade, they risked their lives to build fortifications in any easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain. Generally, they built a Guancheng, cut off the road, and built a stronghold on the mountain near Guancheng.

The Han Army did not know how many defensive fortifications Li Chenghan had built to block the way. It took them 11 days to conquer the four passes. Naturally, there were fortifications such as stronghold garrison points along the way. The 4000 people under Liu Rui finally had only 800 combat power left. In addition to land occupation, they should have killed more than 6000 enemy troops, More than 20000 prisoners.

"So, Li Shi, the leader of Cheng, mobilized young people who could fight to join the war?" Huan Wen read the report. The more the enemy troops moved backward, the more complex the composition became. His fingers beat the stones of the women's wall rhythmically and asked, "the barbarians are standing on the side of Cheng Guo?"

Nanman did not establish a country, but dispersed in a relatively primitive tribal form. There was a tribal alliance of unifying Manshan (that is, the era of menghuona). After the division, no powerful figures can integrate Nanman again.

Because they belong to different tribes, the internal hatred and killing of Nanman is actually very serious. It is like a headhunting activity of some adult rituals of various tribes, which has never stopped. As a result, the overall number of Nanman can not be increased together.

Nanman had tribes that fought against Li's Chenghan, and naturally there were also tribes that belonged to Li's Chenghan. When Li Shi faced the invasion of the Han Army, he did send a call to some affiliated Nanman tribes. It was normal for the Han Army to encounter Nanman.

In fact, the state of Han has regarded Li's becoming Han as a dead bone in the grave. Before Li's becoming Han, there have been corresponding solutions for Nanman, and there is a very clear national tendency, that is, not stingy or benevolent, kill one when encountering one, and kill Nanman with trembling and fear, so that Nanman has a deep enough impression of the Han Army, and then take other measures.

"We have spent nearly two months." Yuan Qiao coughed while talking. His face looked a little pale. The recent climate was very strange. Heavy rain and light rain came and went in turn. The temperature difference between day and night in the mountain area was large and extremely humid, which gave him wind and cold. He took a silk scarf and wiped his nose before he continued: "there are many mosquitoes in mountainous areas in summer. We don't know where miasma is distributed."

After the Han Army's invasion began, the pace of progress never stopped. After entering the territory of Li Chenghan, the Han army from Chen Cang has been attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold. However, because Li Chenghan arranged too many defense nodes, the advance speed really can't get up.

"The casualties of the troops were great." Huanwen stood on the stone wall of Guancheng and looked around. The valley was surrounded by two mountains. He could clearly see the mountain strongholds on both sides: "there are too many similar fortifications along the way."

Yuan Qiao has detailed data on hand. So far, the Han Army has killed 2200 people. Because of the death of the seriously wounded, the number of deaths has been increasing, and they have only moved forward 15 miles, nearly 20 miles away from the mountain.

"Uncle Yan, we can only conquer the past one by one." Huan Wen did not give the striker the right to surrender and accept the judgment. He wanted to attack Li Chenghan's confidence with bloody attacks. Only the Han Army showed enough toughness and combat effectiveness can reduce Li Chenghan's resistance will to the greatest extent. He said unswervingly: "the ruling class of a country has decayed. Disintegrating the resistance will of the grass-roots level is the best way to fundamentally destroy the country."

Yuan Qiao has studied Li Chenghan more than once. He knows that what Huan Wen said is completely correct, that is, he loves the loss of the army. He needs to know what Huan Wen is going to do.

"Nanzheng!" Huan Wen raised his hand and held it in the shape of a fist. He said forcefully: "after conquering Nanzheng, it is a turning point."

Yuan Qiao secretly calculated that, according to the current level of casualties, there would be at least about 5000 casualties in the Han Army in Nanzheng, and they only had 30000 soldiers along the way, that is, one sixth of them died in battle, without counting the possible injuries and casualties.

The Han army from Guanzhong to the South fought hard and resolutely to attack the city and pull out the stronghold all the way, and there were too many bad news in Min Jian's hands in Nanzheng.

Li Chenghan built so many Guancheng and Shanzhai. They are optimistic that they will block the Han Army in the direction of Guanzhong on the other side of the plank road. Even if the Han army is really able to fight, it should be able to last for two or three years.

"Wrong, wrong estimate." Min Jian's right arm hit the table heavily, with a ferocious expression: "the previous estimation was that one Guancheng could last for at least three months, but the Han army conquered four Guancheng in 11 days, and the Shanzhai along the way didn't play much role!"

For the development of the war ahead, for min Jian and others in the rear, they can only extend more imagination from the text of some reports. It is impossible to have enough understanding of the process of the war. The only thing clear is that the Han Army achieved the results by relying on strong attacks. In this way, they already know the result, that is, the Han army is advancing with a destructive attitude, and they must feel that the Han army is far stronger than expected.

Wang Peng was Li Shi's servant. He was sent to Nanzheng to supervise the war.

Knowing that the Han Army going south from Guanzhong would take the plank road, in fact, there was a sound of burning the plank road inside Li Chenghan. It was min Jian who advocated leaving the plank road and building Guancheng and Shanzhai in the direction of the Han army. This is also the main reason why the Han Army's attack is far more fierce and faster than min Jian imagined, and makes min Jian angry and ashamed.

Min Jian's idea in advance was very simple. The Han Army didn't just nest in Guanzhong. Yuzhou and Jingzhou also had the territory of the Han state, so the Han Army didn't have to come from Guanzhong to attack Li's Chenghan.

Compared with the attack of Hanzhong, Li Chenghan can only take the plank road. The Han state has more choices to attack Li Chenghan in the territory of Jingzhou. Then why doesn't Li Chenghan fight with the Han Army in the war zone that is more advantageous to his own side, and fight in places that don't occupy too much terrain advantage?

"The former general, take it easy." Wang Peng looks very gentle. He not only looks gentle, but also speaks in a slow voice. The voice line is also slightly magnetic: "it is naturally correct for the general to choose to fight in a place favorable to us."

Indeed, there is nothing wrong. Before, many people agreed with min Jian's strategy, and even thought that even if the Han Army didn't take the plank road, it should do everything possible to attract them, just because the terrain over there really had an absolute advantage over Li's Chenghan.

If there is anything wrong, it can only be said that the defenders responsible for defense are really useless. They take up all the time and geography. It can even be said that they have an overall advantage in people and above, that is, the Han army is far better than expected.

Wang Peng is the supervisor of the army. Everyone knows that he is not playing the role of supervisor opposite to the general. He is more like a comforter who cheers the generals on behalf of the king. He said with encouragement: "there are eight customs cities along the way. There are also strongholds and fortresses along the way. There are more terrain with absolute advantages in defense. We can firmly resist the enemy."

The valley is very long and curved. There is only a small basin out of the valley. Even if you go out of the basin, there is the Jitou pass as a roadblock. Even if you pass the Jitou pass, there is a skip valley. Even if the skip Valley is gone, there is a Yangping pass.

Min Jian has studied the relevant terrain more than once. There are so many passes and dangerous places that can block the Han army. For Li Chenghan, there is really no battlefield with more advantages than there.

Even if the other side is lost, it is not absolutely fatal for Li Chenghan. Nanzheng can guard against it. If Nanzheng is also lost, he has to pass the sword pavilion to enter Shu.

Do you know what it means to be closed by one man and not open by ten thousand? Jiange is such a terrain. Therefore, no matter whether the Han army went from Baoxie Road, Lianyun plank road, camel Valley Road, Ziwu road or other roads, as long as it went from north to south, the existence of Jiange could not be ignored. Only by conquering Jiange could it really open the door to enter Shu.

Wang Peng is not only a gentle man, but also a scholar with very good eloquence. After a series of reasons, he not only calmed down, but also regained confidence with many generals and schools.

Min Jian regained his composure, but some things were not able to reverse his ideological stability. He had to tell another bad news: "the war report from the front has found that the Han Army has siege equipment such as bed crossbows, crossbows, stone throwing carts and so on."

"How?" Wang Peng was surprised and completely confused. He was surprised and said, "no matter where he went, unless the Han army can fly, the narrow plank road can't transport those siege equipment?"

"It can be split first, and then assembled by skilled craftsmen." Min Jian felt that he was a little smarter than Wang. He said seriously, "the Han army is far more cunning than we thought, which is enough to show their strong will to attack."

Wang Peng was stunned when he heard this: "...."

It is indeed a good idea to dismantle it and transport it to the land and then reassemble it. However, because of Liu Yan's existence, the Han Army has a more convenient method, that is, the system farmers can build buildings for production, which is equivalent to cheating.

The number of Han troops going south in Guanzhong is 30000, and some auxiliary personnel accompanying them are only 7000. After waiting for the relevant siege equipment to join, the speed of attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold suddenly speeds up. It took 11 days to conquer four pass cities, and then one pass city can be pulled out in one day. Taking into account the necessary March, it took 13 days for the first Han Army to arrive under jitouguan city.

Jitou pass was actually built during the fierce battle between Shu Han and Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. It took place in the second Qishan war. After construction, it was used as a permanent pass for the Shu Han Army to the Cao Wei army.

"His ancestral." Liu Rui could not help scolding his mother: "the terrain is dangerous. There is a key river!"

The location of Jitou pass is very special. It is not only the exit of the commendation ramp, but also the connection of Lianyun plank road, which is equivalent to the junction of another two plank roads.

Jitou pass is located in the north of Baocheng town. There is a big stone like a chicken head at the pass, so it is called Jitou pass. There is a poem saying: "the throat of Qin and Shu is far away from the Han family all the time; the wind and cloud protects the ancestral temple, and the spirit shows the people passing through the attic road".

During the Han Dynasty, a plank road was built under the Jitou pass in Baocheng, Shaanxi Province. It passed through the stone wall standing on the South Bank of the Baohe River, called "Baoping". A tunnel with a length of 14 meters, a width of 3.95 ~ 4.25 meters and a height of 4 ~ 4.75 meters was opened by the fire calcined stone method. It is a famous stone gate, with stone carvings of Ode to stone gate and inscription on stone gate.

The Baohe River (formerly known as Heilongjiang) is located below the Jitou pass. The Baoxie plank road is under the Jitou pass and passes along the Baohe river through the Shimen. Baosi, the wife of King Zhou Yougong, the princes of the war drama, grows under the Jitou pass and by the water of the Baohe River.

Liu Rui and others saw not only the Baohe River, but also the Shimen, but also the towering cliffs. There will be no lack of strange stones on the mountain.

The arrival of the Han army made the garrison of jitouguan not only blow sheep horn, but also beat wooden drums. The sound echoed continuously in the canyon. It may be that the sound was too loud. There were stones rolling down from the mountains. They fell into the turbulent and swirling River and sent waves.

After replenishing the army, Liu Rui once again became the vanguard of the whole army, recovering from 4000 to 5000. The figure of soldiers is located on the plank road and some places where they can stand. Almost all of them are staring at the extremely steep terrain.

The direction of the Han Army did not need to cross the turbulent and rapidly swirling Baohe river. They even had many roads to rush to the Jitou pass. Except for the Shimen one, the other roads were very complicated and were all exposed to the arrow range of the pass.

"The cliff is almost upright..." Liu Rui swallowed his saliva subconsciously. They attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold all the way. They were hit by stones dropped from the mountain. It was a tragedy. He squinted hard and said, "only a few look like strongholds for others..."

The cliff near Jitou pass is not easy to climb, which makes Jitou pass have enough garrison value. Unless there is enough technical excavation, it is difficult to make people stand firm. The Han Army observed for a while that there are Li's adult Han soldiers on the cliff, but there are not many.

The sound of sheep horns and wooden drums were still being pounded out, followed by the cries of a large number of soldiers from Li's Cheng and Han Dynasties, but I couldn't hear what ghosts were shouting.

"Rest, rest..." Liu Rui did not dare to launch an attack this time. He called the Marquis of the Scout camp and ordered: "first explore the surrounding terrain, focus on whether there is a road behind Jitou pass, find out how many enemy troops there are on the cliff, and the number of stones collected is the most important."

Jun Hou Lin Feng nodded heavily, especially when he heard the stone, he shook his cheek subconsciously.

To tell you the truth, this group of Han troops were really cast a psychological shadow by the stones dropped from the mountain